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Ottawa Senators

Defenceman Mark Borowiecki will have an MRI on his foot after injuring it in Tuesday's contest against the Carolina Hurricanes according to TSN's Brent Wallace.  

He has three assists in 38 games this season. 

Cody Goloubef and Darren Archibald have been recalled from the AHL's Belleville Senators. Head coach Guy Boucher will decide later on Thursday which one will play tonight against the Detroit Red Wings. 

 

Vancouver Canucks

Goalie Jacob Markstrom is expected to get the start tonight against the Los Angeles Kings unless the issue that prevented him from playing on Monday flares up again, reports TSN 1040's Jeff Paterson. 

Markstrom looked good Wednesday night against the Anaheim Ducks, stopping 21 of 22 shots in a 1-0 loss. 

Here are the expected lines:

Leivo-Pettersson-Boeser

Roussel-Horvat-Virtanen/Goldobin

Granlund-Gaudette-MacEwen

Eriksson-Beagle-Motte

 

Hutton-Stecher

Tanev/Brisebois-Gudbranson

Pouliot-Biega

 

Markstrom

 

San Jose Sharks

Sharks defenceman Erik Karlsson has missed the past eight games with a lower-body injury and it appears the streak will stretch to at least nine. 

Karlsson was on the ice for the club's morning skate Thursday but is not expected to suit up tonight against the Washington Capitals according to head coach Peter DeBoer.

Karlsson last played on Jan. 16 and has three goals and 40 assists. 

 

Detroit Red Wings

Left winger Martin Frk has cleared waivers and will be assigned to the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins.

“I just want to play,” Frk said Thursday before figuring out his destination. “If I have to go to the A, I will go to the A. This season was so far really horrible for me. I just want to enjoy hockey, I don’t want to be here sitting in the stands. I feel that has been so long.”

He has spent the last four games as a healthy scratch.

 

Minnesota Wild

Head coach Bruce Boudreau said Thursday that Victor Rask is dealing with a lower-body injury while Matt Hendricks has an upper-body injury. Both forwards are considered day-to-day. 

Meanwhile, injured forward Pontus Aberg could take the morning skate Friday but would not be ready for their game against the New Jersey Devils as he continues to recover from a lower-body injury.

 

NHL Game Notes

Career Game 187 for Matthews (99G) Tonight

1989-90 to Present

Fewest GP

Players to 100G Before Turning 22

Patrik Laine                                         179  

Rob Brown                                         186  

Steven Stamkos                                  194  

Jeremy Roenick                       207  

Ilya Kovalchuk                       209  

Joe Sakic                                             218  

Sidney Crosby                        219  

Connor McDavid                                230  

Jaromir Jagr                                         245  

Pierre Turgeon                                     266  

Trevor Linden                                     269  

 

 

Most Goals Through 187 Career GP

Players to debut during the NHL's modern era (1943-44)

 

145  Mike Bossy

137  Wayne Gretzky

132  Maurice Richard

128  Eric Lindros

124  Teemu Selanne

124  Joe Nieuwendyk

122  Mario Lemieux

119  Pavel Bure

118  Luc Robitaille

115  Alex Ovechkin                *

112  Dino Ciccarelli

111  Jimmy Carson

109  Rick Martin

109  Peter Stastny

107  Kent Nilsson

107  Brett Hull

103  Rob Brown

103  Patrik Laine                     *

103  Glenn Anderson

102  Paul Kariya

101  Real Cloutier

101  Jean Beliveau

100  Sylvain Turgeon

100  Pierre Larouche

100  Barry Pederson

* = active player

(From Elias SB)

 

 

Leafs Point Leaders – Jan 20th to Present

Player                          GP       G         A         Pts

John Tavares               9          4          6          10

Andreas Johnsson       8          4          4          8

Auston Matthews       9          5          3          8

William Nylander        9          2          6          8

 

Prior to Jan 20th, Nylander had 59 shot attempts, 33 on net (55.9%), since then 27 shot attempts, 20 on net (74%)

 

Jets 0/7 on PP Last 2 Home GP

Best Home PP’s

Team                           PP%    PPO     PPG

Winnipeg Jets*            34.1     91        31

Boston Bruins               30.8     104      32

Lightning                   27.2     103      28

Calgary Flames           27.2     92        25

Florida Panthers          25.7     101      26

*5/8 on PP vs COL

 

Goal Leaders – Dec 31 to Present

Player                          Team   G         GP

Viktor Arvidsson        Nsh      17        20

Evander Kane SJ        15        17

Leon Draisaitl Edm    14        18

Mika Zibanejad           NYR   14        19

Tyler Seguin                Dal      13        17

 

Most Points By D-Men This Season

166      SJ

153      Nsh

142      Cgy

137      Wpg

135      Cls

135      TB

133      Tor

 

 

 

Flames (74P) at Panthers (54P) - 7PM (Feb 14)

CGY 1-0-0 vs FLA in 18-19, 4-3 win at home. CGY 5-1-0 last 6GP vs FLA

FLA: (23-24-8)

Lost 2 straight, both at home, 2GF, PP 0/8

Barkov (0P) last 2GP, 5 shots on net

CGY: (34-16-6)

0-2-1 last 3GP, 14GA, PK 9/12

Gaudreau (3A) last 2GP

Islanders (72P) at Jackets (67P) - 7PM (Feb 14)

NYI 1-0-0 vs CLS in 18-19, 3-2 win at home. CLS 4 straight home wins vs NYI, outscoring them 24-6

CLS: (32-20-3)

Won 4 straight, outscoring their opponent 17-8, PK 9/9

Panarin (4G, 8A) last 8GP

NYI: (33-17-6)

1-2-1 last 4GP on road, 5GF, PP 1/11

Barzal (0P) last 3GP, 7 shots on net

Senators (47P) at Wings (51P) - 730PM (Feb 14)

OTT 2-1-0 vs DET in 18-19, 1-0-0 in DET.

DET: (22-28-7)

1-3-0 last 4GP, 14GA, PK 9/13 (won last)

Larkin (4G, 2A) last 6GP

OTT: (21-30-5)

Lost 3 straight on road, 13GA, PK 4/4

Stone (4G, 2A) 4 game PT streak

Stars (63P) at Lightning (88P) - 730PM (Feb 14)

TB 1-0-0 vs DAL in 18-19, shutout win in DAL. TB 4 straight wins vs DAL

TB: (42-11-4)

5-0-2 last 7GP, 21GF, PP 5/18

Kucherov (3G, 4A) last 2GP

DAL: (29-22-5)

1-1-1 on road trip, 7GF, PP 0/7

Seguin (6G, 3A) last 6GP

Canadiens (69P) at Predators (71P) - 8PM (Feb 14)

NSH 1-0-0 vs MTL in 18-19, 4-1 win in MTL. NSH 3 straight wins vs MTL, 2 in a shootout

NSH: (33-21-5)

0-2-1 last 3GP, 11GA, PK 8/10

Johansen (2G, 6A) 5 game PT streak

MTL: (31-18-7)

4-0-2 last 6GP, 14GA, PK 12/16

Domi (1G, 4A) last 5GP

Avalanche (55P) at Jets (75P) - 8PM (Feb 14)

WPG 2-0-0 vs COL in 18-19, 12GF, both games at home. WPG 7 straight home wins vs COL

WPG: (36-18-3)

Won 2 straight, 7GF, PP 0/3

Scheifele (3G, 2A) last 2GP

COL: (22-23-11)

0-5-3 last 8GP, outscored 35-16, PP 1/23

Rantanen (0P) last 3GP, 3 shots on net

Devils (50P) at Hawks (55P) - 830PM (Feb 14)

NJ 1-0-0 vs CHI in 18-19, 8-5 win at home. NJ 3 straight wins vs CHI.

CHI: (23-25-9)

Won 4 straight at home, 19GF, PP 5/12

Kane (11G, 21A) 15 game PT streak

NJ: (21-27-8)

1-3-1 last 5GP, 20GA, PK 14/17

Palmieri (1G, 1A) last 2GP

Blues (61P) at Coyotes (55P) - 9PM (Feb 14)

ARZ 1-0-0 vs STL in 18-19, 6-1 win at home. ARZ 3 straight wins vs STL, 17GF

ARZ: (25-26-5)

Won 2 straight, 8GF, PP 3/6

Keller (4A) last 8GP

STL: (28-22-5)

Won 7 straight, 29GF, PP 1/15

O'Reilly (5G, 10A) last 12GP

Leafs (73P) at Knights (66P) - 10PM (Feb 14)

TOR 2-1-0 last 2 seasons vs VGS, 0-1-0 in VGS

VGS: (31-23-4)

Lost 4 straight at home, outscored 15-8, PP 1/12

Marchessault (2G, 2A) last 4GP

TOR: (35-18-3)

5-1-0 last 6GP, 24GF, PP 4/19

Tavares (3G, 5A) last 5GP

Canucks (57P) at Kings (51P) - 1030PM (Feb 14)

VAN 1-0-1 vs LAK in 18-19, 1-0-0 in LA. VAN 3-1-0 last 4GP in LA

LAK: (23-28-5)

Coming off a 3-2-1 road trip, 21GA, PK 16/18

Kopitar (4G, 7A) last 8GP

VAN: (25-26-7)

1-4-1 last 6GP, 11GF, PP 1/21

0P for Pettersson last night, he's gone 28 straight GP without going pointless in back2back games

Capitals (69P) at Sharks (75P) - 1030PM (Feb 14)

SJ 1-0-0 vs WSH in 18-19, 7-6 OTW in WSH. SJ 2-1-0 last 3GP at home vs WSH (lost last)

SJ: (34-16-7)

Won 6 straight, 30GF, PP 5/22

Burns (2G, 9A) last 7GP

WSH: (31-19-7)

3-1-1 last 5GP, 17GF, PP 2/13

Ovechkin (1G, 6A) last 5GP